Using .NET for IoT Scenarios

.NET can be used to build IoT applications, using sensors, displays and input devices. Most ARM64 and ARM32 (hard float required) single board computers can be used, incuding Raspberry Pi.

APIs

The System.Device.Gpio package includes protocol APIs, such as GPIO, I²C, andSPI. The Iot.Device.Bindings package includes community-supported bindings such as SN74HC595 and CharacterLcd.

Samples

The following samples demonstrate various scenarios:

Blinking LED
More blinking lights
Force Sensitive Resistor usage
LED Matrix - Weather
Serial Port - Arduino

Requirements

The .NET IoT APIs require using at least .NET Core 2.1. .NET Core 3.1 or higher is recommended, and is required for ARM64.

Many of these samples use the Raspberry Pi, however, .NET Core can be used with other devices. .NET Core is supported on Raspberry Pi 2B as well as 3 and 4 models (ARMv7/v8). .NET Core is not supported on Raspberry Pi Zero or Arduino.

We primarily test the IoT APIs on Debian Linux, although we expect them to work on most Linux distros. We do not test on Windows.

Resources

dotnet/iot Documentation
Deploying an IoT app
Device bindings

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